File for canceled checks



mac, '23, 1924.

P. RIGOT, JR

FILE FOR CANCELED CHECKS Filed May 4, 1923 Afro/av Y Patented Dec. 23, 1924.

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Application filed May 4,

To aZZ whom it may concern.- 7

Be it known that I, PQU'IIRIGOT, Jr., a citizen of the United, States of America, and resident of \Vheeling, county of Ohio, and State of West Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Files for Canceled Checks, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a file for can celed bank checks, and it has for its primary object to provide a holder or file in which canceled checks may be disposed or arranged in orderly stacked relation and which permits convenient and full inspection of any of the checks carried thereby without removal of such check therefrom and without risk of such check being misplaced in the file following such inspection.

A further object is to provide a file of the character mentioned which may serve as a permanent file and container, thus obviating the necessity for employing transfer files.

In describing the invention in detail, reference is herein had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of the invention;

Figure 2 is a similar view of the file removed from its case;

Figure 3 is an end elevation of the file, showing av check withdrawn in position for inspection; and- Figure 4 is an enlarged detail section showing the threaded thimble.

Referring to said drawings, 1 indicates a flat bot-tom to which are rigidly attached the lower edges of a single upright side wall 2 and a single upright end wall 3, there being thus formed a rectangular box-like container or file having one side, one end and its top wholly open. The bottom 1 has such dimensions that numerous canceled checks l stacked in orderly arrangement may be readily accommodated thereon. To secure said checks in place, an upright metal post 5 is mounted upon the bottom 1 at a point adjacent to the angle between said bottom and the end wall 3 and also adjacent to the open side of the file, said post being preferably removable, having its lower end threaded for seating in a threaded metal thimble 6 embedded in said bottom.

The checks, previously provided with a single perforation 7 adjacent to the lower 192's? Serial 6363:5211

left' li'and corner," are so stackedthatthe said perforations thereof" are"- in alined re lation. thus permitting the introduction therethrough of the post 5 for threading into said thimble 6.

It is to be noted that the post 5 stands at a distance from the end wall 3 greater than that of the check perforations 'T from the adj accnt ends of the checks 4, thus providing for spacing the ends of said checks a suitable distance away from said end wall. So disposed, any check to be inspected may be swung outward from the stack, rotating upon the post 5, to av position at right angles to the stack, exposing to view substantially its entire face. Following inspection, such check may obviously be swung back to its original position in the stack.

The file described is adapted for introduction within and to be slidable from a rectangular permanent file case, herein designated generally by the numeral 8, having one end open. Saidi case may be wholly closed except at its said one end, or it may be partially open at the side thereof which is adjacent to the side wall 2 of the file when introduced.

A hasp-like handle 10 is mounted upon the outer face of the end wall 3 of the checl file, whereby the latter may be grasped for moving it in and out of the case 8.

From the foregoing it will be manifest that I provide a file which is extremely simple and inexpensive to construct. which provides for the permanent filing of checks in an orderly arrangement and in small space, and which, while reventing dis placement of filed checks, a ords convenient and ready access to and inspection of such checks. It will further be obvious that various changes in construction may be resorted to without departing from the scope or spirit of the appended claims.

What is claimed is 1. A file for canceled checks, comprising a rectangular box-like container consisting of a bottom, a single upright side wall and a single upright end wall, said bottom having dimensions exceeding, but approximat ing, those of checks to be received thereon and an upright check-rctaining post carried by said bottom and adapted for receiving thereon a lower corner portion of checks stacked upon said bottom, said post being located adjacent both to said end wall and ill) to that edge of the bottom which is opposite said side wall. 7 I

2. A file for canceled checks, comprising a rectangular box-like container consisting of a bottom, a single upright sidewall and a single upright end wall, said bottom having dimensions exceeding, but approximating, those of checks to be received thereon, an upright check-retaining post carried by said bottom and adapted for receiving thereon a lower corner portion of checks stacked upon said bottom, said post being located adjacent both to said end wall and to that edge of the bottomwhich is opposite said side wall, and an open-ended case within which said file is slidable to and from enclosed position.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature in presence of two subscribing witnesses. 

